*This definition only applies to the Canadian Data Set*
Legal or social entities created for the purpose of producing goods and services but whose status does not permit them to be a source of income, profit or other financial gain for the units that establish, control or finance them. Non-profit institutions are allocated to the financial corporations sectors or to the non-financial corporations sectors when they are engaged in market production and to the general government sector if they are engaged in non-market production but subject to general government control. The remaining non-profit institutions are termed non-profit institutions serving households. (Source: Statistics Canada Glossary)
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